Genjing Records
| Genjing Records | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Nevin Domer |
| Distributor(s) | Far Out Distant Sounds |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | China |
| Location | Beijing |
| Official website | genjingrecords |
Genjing Records (simplified Chinese: 根茎唱片; traditional Chinese: 根莖唱片) is a vinyl-only independent record label in Beijing, China focused on contributing recordings of Chinese musicians into global scene and vinyl record culture.
Background
[edit]Since its inception in March 2011, Genjing Records has issued dozens of 7-inch singles, 10-inch EPs, and LPs from bands such as AM444, Demerit, Dear Eloise,[1][2][3] Duck Fight Goose,[4] the Fever Machine,[5] Gum Bleed, Round Eye,[6][7] Snapline, Wang Wen (罔聞) and Fanzui Xiangfa.[8][9] At its inception in 2011, the label was only conceived as a platform through which founder Nevin Domer's local Beijing hardcore band Fanzui Xiangfa (犯罪想法) could release and distribute their own recordings on vinyl records during a European tour with the German hardcore band SS20 .[10] The success of this first release provided encouragement for developing Genjing Records into a full, vinyl-only independent record label in China. Nevin had also noticed that the renewed global interest in vinyl records he experienced during the Fanzu Xiangfa European Tour was also beginning to take root in China with a nascent record collecting community. Nevin then formally established the mission of Genjing Records as a means to facilitate the release of materials vinyl by Chinese bands and artists.[11][12][13]
Current work
[edit]Genjing Records has since stabilized its mission statement first around creating relationships between China's DIY independent music communities and their international counterparts. This mission is primarily facilitated by the release of split 7-inch records in cooperation with global partner labels and subsequent multinational tours in which bands criss-cross each other's countries.[14][15][16] The label's international catalog includes releases by Cheap Stuff, Libyan Hit Squad, SS20, Sick Times,[17] Tiny Ghosts and Tussle.
Genjing Records also seeks to more broadly support and facilitate other forms local outreach in China's various music communities. In August 2012, Genjing worked with one of the first expatriates involved in the mid-1990s Beijing punk scene, David O'Dell, to host a charity punk-rock show and auction in association with Half the Sky, a Chinese charitable organization dedicated to poor rural children.[18][19] On August 19, 2012, Genjing Records was featured on DIY punk fanzine Maximumrocknroll's weekly radio show.[20] On April 20, 2013, the label spearheaded Mainland China's participation in Record Store Day 2013.[21][22][23]
In 2015, Genjing Records took the Melbourne band Primitive Calculators on tour in China performing at Split Works' Jue Festival in Beijing and Shanghai as well as club gigs in Xi’an, Yiwu and Wuhan. A documentary entitled "Which Way is China?" was made of the tour.[24]
Nevin currently plays in the hardcore-punk band Struggle Session which has toured in China, Korea, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Panama, and Australia.[25][26]
Discography
[edit]A full discography can be found on the label's bandcamp page.[27]
| Catalog | Artist(s) | Title | Format | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR001 | Fanzui Xiangfa / Daighila | split | 7” | May 2011 |
| GR002 | Fanzui Xiangfa / SS20 | split | 7” | May 2011 |
| GR003 | Demerit / SS20 | split | 10” | July 2011 |
| GR004 | Dear Eloise | Castle | 7” | July 2011 |
| GR005 | Dear Eloise | Song for Her | 7” | July 2011 |
| GR006 | Fanzui Xiangfa | Fanzui Xiangfa | 7” | Aug 2011 |
| GR007 | Gum Bleed / Cheap Stuff / Flyx / rks | Fuck Society | 2x7” | Apr 2012 |
| GR008 | Duck Fight Goose | History | 7” | May 2012 |
| GR009 | Tiny Ghosts | Alien in a Box | 7” | June 2012 |
| GR010 | AM444 / Tussle | Split Ends | 12” | July 2012 |
| GR011 | The Fever Machine | La Chupacabra | 7” | Aug 2012 |
| GR012 | Next Year's Love | Smash the Pink Bug | 7” | Aug 2012 |
| GR013 | Dear Eloise | I’ll Be Your Mirror | 7” | Oct 2012 |
| GR014 | Gum Bleed / Sick Times | split | 10” | Jan 2013 |
| GR015 | Dear Eloise | Vanishing Winter[28] | 7” | Mar 2013 |
| GR016 | Li Daiguo | Music for Advertisements | 7” | Apr 2013 |
| GR017 | pg.lost / Wang Wen | split[29] | 12” | Mar 2013 |
| GR018 | Pairs / God Bows to Math | split | 7” | Aug 2013 |
| GR019 | The Dyne | Swim. Fly Roots[30] | 7” | Apr 2013 |
| GR020 | Streets Kill Strange Animals | Through | 7” | Oct 2013 |
| GR021 | Dear Eloise / Underground Lovers | split | 7” | Aug 2013 |
| GR022 | Alpine Decline | Go Big Shadow City | LP | 2014 |
| GR023 | Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes | Wo Bu Ai Ni | 7” | 2014 |
| GR024 | Snapline | Paper General | 7” | 2014 |
| GR025 | Carsick Cars / The Flavor Crystals | split | 7” | 2014 |
| GR026 | Little Punk | Traveling Man | postcard flexi | |
| GR027 | The Fallacy | Painkiller | 7” | 2014 |
| GR028 | AV Okubo | Opium | 7” | 2014 |
| GR029 | Low Bow / Dinged Up | split | 7” | 2014 |
| GR030 | Rolling Bowling / 13 Bats | split | 7” | 2014 |
| GR031 | After Argument | This Is Not Your Game | LP | 2014 |
| GR032 | The Yours | Public Eye | 7” | 2014 |
| GR033 | Deadly Cradle Death / The Telescopes | split | 7” | May 2015 |
| GR034 | GUIGUISUISUI | The Court Of King Necro | 7” | 2014 |
| GR035 | Wang Wen | Eight Horses | LP | 2014 |
| GR036 | MeToo | Frankenstein | 7” | 2015 |
| GR037 | Hot & Cold / Tonstartssbandht | split | 7” | 2014 |
| GR038 | Fanzui Xiangfa / Bad Nerve | split | 7” | 2014 |
| GR039 | Fanzui Xiangfa | Discography 2006~2014 | LP | 2014 |
| GR040 | Yang Fan | What Happened After 1,001 Nights? | LP | 2015 |
| GR041 | Primitive Calculators / Torturing Nurse | split | 7” | 2015 |
| GR042 | The Fuzz | Golden Cage | 7” | 2015 |
| GR044 | Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes | A Million Farewells | LP | 2015 |
| GR045 | Zhang Shouwang & Kid Millions | split | 12" | 2015 |
| GR046 | SMZB / DUNG | split | 7" | 2015 |
| GR047 | Little Monster / Negro Leo | split | 7" | 2016 |
| GR048 | The Diders / D.O.A. | split | 7" | 2017 |
| GR049 | Birdstriking / Die! Die! Die! | split | 7" | 2017 |
| GR050 | Die!ChiwawaDie! / Struggle Session | split | 12" | 2017 |
| GR053 | Arryam / Struggle Session | split | 7" | 2018 |
| GR054 | TEST / Struggle Session | split | 7" | 2018 |
| GR055 | SHAS / Alpaca | split | 12" | 2018 |
References
[edit]- ^ Altered Zones | Dear Eloise: Castle | June 16, 2011 Archived December 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dingus | Review: Song For Her | April 27, 2012". Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ^ "AltSounds | News: Dear Eloise release Vanishing Winter 7" | Apr 3, 2013". Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ^ MusicDish | Genjing Records Goes Vinyl With Duck Fight Goose's History 7" | Apr 20, 2012
- ^ "SmartBeijing | Interview: The Fever Machine | Nov 21, 2012". Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ^ Mi2N: Round Eye Pave the Way For Punk With Unique Elements And A Singular Sound | December 3, 2012
- ^ Time Out Beijing | Review: Full Circle | December 1, 2012
- ^ ArtInfo | Chinese Hardcore Punk Rockers Fanzui Xiangfa on Using Music as a Weapon | Mar 8, 2013
- ^ Jing Daily | Beijing Vinyl: An Interview With Genjing Records | Feb 11, 2013
- ^ Time Out Shanghai | Shanghai's DIY Records | August 11, 2012
- ^ AWEH: Interview Archived May 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Resident Advisor | Clubbing in Shanghai | November 28, 2012
- ^ City Weekend: Shanghai | The Vinyl Scene in Shanghai | Apr 16, 2013
- ^ City Weekend: Beijing | Retro Vinyl Revival | October 2, 2012
- ^ "无解专题: Record Store Day之Genjing Records创始人Nevin专访". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ Northwest Asian Weekly | Chinese punk rock band to rock out in the U.S. for the first time | August 11, 2011
- ^ Plastic Bomb | SICK TIMES/GUM BLEED: Split 10" | November 27, 2012
- ^ China Daily USA | Rebel Yell | September 21, 2012
- ^ CRI English | The Sound Stage: Rocking For Good | August 28, 2012
- ^ MRR Radio #1310 | August 19, 2012
- ^ "Time Out Beijing | The vinyl revolution: Beijing's record industry | Apr 3, 2013". Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ "SmartBeijing | Culture Bureau | Apr 11, 2013". Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ SCMP | Vinyl records back in the groove | Apr 19, 2013
- ^ Which Way Is China?
- ^ Struggle Session 2017 Morocco & Spain Tour Documentary
- ^ Radii | Beijing Hardcore Band Struggle Session on Unique Punk Hybrids from China | Dec 7, 2018
- ^ Genjing Records' bandcamp page
- ^ "SmartBeijing | Dear Eloise: Vanishing Winter | March 29, 2013". Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ^ MusicDish | Split LP: Chinese Post-Rock Meets Swedish Experimental | Jan 1, 2013
- ^ "Time Out Beijing | Introducing: The Dyne | Apr 2, 2013". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
